Frank Budgen

Frank Spencer Curtis Budgen (1 March 1882 – 26 April 1971) was an English painter, writer and socialist activist acquainted with the author James Joyce.

Born in Crowhurst, Surrey, Budgen spent six years at sea before working in London as a postal worker.

[3] Budgen never lost contact with his Swiss friends and paid several visits to Switzerland to meet August and Paul Suter as well as Siegfried Lang.

[5][6] Joyce and Budgen spent much of the war in the same city, Zurich, and similar social circles of artists,[7] writers and musicians.

Joyce scholar Clive Hart wrote about him:One of Budgen's many fine qualities was a gift for making new friendships with people of all ages.